Independence at midnight after years of struggle. Violence, attacked by non-violence and regular demonstrations. That, my friends, is what our forefathers had to go through to attain self-determination for the people of India.

Today, as ignorant as we are, we don’t realize what is the importance of this extremely precious possession of a nation. Simply, because it was handed down to us by our ancestors. Those were days when petty politics hadn’t ruined the ideals of politics. Leaders never regarded what was different between them. They had high regards for what was the most common trait amongst them (and us these days): the spirit of India.

Today, the situation has changed. The people of our country are so used to the independence that it simply passes off as just another holiday for them. I don’t want them to think in any other way. I just want them to think like how our forefathers thought then. This will be a step towards attaining the goal they had set out to achieve at the night of 15th August, 1947.

Let us pledge today, to work for the progress of our great nation. To protect it’s integrity, it’s pride and to work for the betterment of this motherland.

With these words, I would like to wish everyone a very happy independence day. 15th August, 2009. Just don’t pass it off like another holiday in your calendar.

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